Area Golfers Vie For Spots In A-b Classic

Coveted Openings To Be Filled For Next Wseek's Tournament

July 05, 1989

JAMES CITY (County) — Eight places in next week's Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic are available through two sets of qualifying tournaments today and Thursday at Ford's Colony.

Today, 40 PGA professionals of the Middle Atlantic Section will compete in a one-day tournament. The field there includes Woody Fitzhugh, who won the state open championship last year, and Bruce Lenhard, who finished third in the 1988 National Club Pro Championship.

Area pros entered include Pete Britton of Williamsburg Country Club, Mark Lambert of Suffolk, Tim Poland of Kingsmill, Greg Overton of Deer Run and Scott Harrill of Ford's Colony. On Thursday, 140 players from as far away as South Africa, play 18 holes.

Players from the Peninsula area include Gary Anderson of Hampton, Allen Barber of Hampton, Charley Bocklet of Poquoson, Mark Carnevale of Williamsburg, William Cheatham of Grafton, Scott Harrill of Williamsburg, Barry Head of Newport News, Skeeter Heath of Williamsburg, Tommy Highsmith of Newport News, Paul Hunt of Hampton, Scott Jones of Newport News, John Stone of Yorktown and John Steiger of Hampton.